Recently we talked a lot about attacks exploiting Java deserialization vulnerabilties in systems like Apache SOLR and WebLogic. Most of these attacks targeted Linux/Unix systems. But recently, I am seeing more attacks that target windows. For example:

First, it kills other xmrig processes (competition?) . Next, it again turns of McAfee. It then starts the miner and connects to the monerohash.com pool on port 3333. It only uses 50% of the CPU usage, likely to evade detection.

So far, this miner only "owns" about 350 Hashes/Second, and made a bit short of 40 Monero so far (about $ 7,000) .